We have considered this Barbet to be identical with the Capito lineatus of Vieillot, for 
though his description {I.e.) does not exactly tally with this species, yet it cannot possibly 
be referred to any other. Vieillot's bird, according to his account, " a le bee couleur de 
" corne blonde ; la tete et tout le corps rayes de brun clair, sur un fond de blanc sale j les 
" ailes et la queue vertes ; les pieds couleur de clair ; et la taille de cahezon kottorea. On 
le trouve dans 1' Australasie." No Barbet has the whole body striped brown on a white 
ground, but the white stripes on the brown ground of M. lineata come in some specimens 
sufficiently far do^vn the back and breast to give that appearance to a casual observer. The 
locality, Australasia, is sufficient to distinguish it from M. Hodgsoni., the only other bird 
which at all approaches the description. 
If. lineata is indeed closely allied to M. Hodgsoni., but differs from it in its smaller 
size and in the colouring of the head and neck, the brown edgings to the feathers of which 
parts are deeper in colour and much broader than in the Himalayan bird, giving it a 
generally darker appearance. The forehead especially is almost entirely brown in the 
present bird, and whitish in M. Hodgsoni. The island of Java appears to be the head- 
quarters of the Lineated Barbet, but it is also found along the coast of the Bay of Bengal 
as far as Burmah, the specimens from Pegu and the Tenasserim provinces inclining to M. 
Hodgsoni., but still decidedly referable to the present species. 
Goffin {I.e.) has united if, lineata to M. viridis of Southern India, but he is certainly 
wrong in this identification ; the Green Barbets are so closely allied that it is almost 
impossible to distinguish them by the means of a written description only, and there are no 
specimens of M. viridis in the Leiden Museum. The notes on the habits which he gives, 
with one exception, are referable to this latter species. We extract from his work an 
interesting note by the Viscount de Bocarme, who observed the bird in Java. He writes : 
This Barbet is common in Java, where it is sometimes caged and is fed in captivity 
" on bananas ; in its wild state, however, it feeds on all kinds of fruits. Its note resembles 
" the words ' kroukrouk, kroukrouk,' whence it derives its name among the hiU-men." 
Our plate of the bird, which is here figured for the first time, is taken from an adult 
specimen from Java in our own collection. No difference is to be found in the colourino- 
of the sexes. 
